The Key to Defeating Temptation, Part Two!
Sunday, August 31, 2025
Reverend Larry Deering
Matthew 4:1-11
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted The Greek for [tempted] can also mean [tested]. by the devil.
After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."
Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
"If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written: "'He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"
Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
"All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."
Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'"
Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
James 1:2-4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,
because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Psalms 119:11
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Psalms 23:4
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, Or [the valley of the shadow of death] I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
1 Peter 1:6-7
In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.
These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
Ephesians 6:17
Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Psalms 91:11-12
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
1 John 2:16
For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
James 4:7
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation The Greek for [temptation] and [tempted] can also mean [testing] and [tested]. has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted The Greek for [temptation] and [tempted] can also mean [testing] and [tested]. beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, The Greek for [temptation] and [tempted] can also mean [testing] and [tested]. he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
